Alexandre Dumas.

Meissonier, pinx. A.Mongin, sculp. Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Imp. A.Salmon. Etching. Sheet 266 x 177mm. Alexandre Dumas, père, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (July 24, 1802 – December 5, 1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him the most widely read French author in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo and the D'Artagnan Romances, were serialized, and he also wrote plays, magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent. His paternal grandmother was a black slave.
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